Authorities in Hanoi's Chuong My District have decided to fell a valuable 130-year-old sua tree so that local people can earn money from the tree rather than it possibly being stolen.

 Vietnamese startups were invested in to the tune of 900 million USD in 2018, tripling the previous year’s investment, according to a report recently released by Topica Founder Institute (TFI), a startup accelerator programme in Vietnam and Thailand.

 This year’s long Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays have made for a busy tourism market, with higher sales in tours both inside the country and abroad.

 Vietnam has become an attractive destination for middle-aged tourists from the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to analysis by HanaTour - the largest travel company in the RoK.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at Zurich International Airport, Switzerland at 7am on January 23 and immediately moved to Davos for scheduled activities within the framework of the annual conference of the World Economic Forum.

There is a perfect storm brewing for Vietnam in the coming fortnight as family and friends come together for their annual celebrative binge of being Vietnamese for the lunar new year festival, called Tet.

 Increased measures are being taken to detect and penalize the drivers of trucks and coaches who abuse drugs and alcohol while driving, following deadly accidents recently caused by such drivers.

 Life as a 340-pound man had become unmanageable for Eric O'Grey.When he wasn't traveling for work as a salesman for GE, the 51-year-old rarely left his San Jose, California, apartment.

 Many partner-drivers of the ride-hailing brand Go-Viet, a unit of Indonesian firm Go-Jek, have voiced their opposition to a new policy of Go-Viet to increase the commission rate to 20% from the current 0%. 

 Around 15-20% of children aged between 3 and 5 in the world suffer from eye diseases, including three million facing amblyopia in Vietnam.

A Vietnamese woman named Pham Thi Tuyet Mai was arrested in Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France last month, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

 Three tourists died after falling from Ta Gu Waterfall in Khanh Hoa Province on January 22.

 After five years of executing the Government’s Resolution 19 on the improvement of the national business environment, Vietnam’s business climate index has risen by 13 spots, but its index on cross-border trade has fallen by seven places.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Making French cultural tourism a worldwide experience is what the exhibition France eMotion – The Animated Journey is aiming to do at L’Espace in Hanoi.

Residents in the central region have been familiar with floods for many generations. Floods last year still attacked Da Nang City, Quang Nam and other central provinces in the 11th month and caused severe damage.

 Many homebuyers have voiced concerns over a possible rise in interest rates for home loans due to the banks’ tightening of property loans since the beginning of 2019, Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported.

 A series of cultural activities reproducing traditional characteristics of Tet (Lunar New Year) festival in Hanoi will be held in the Hanoi Old Quarter, Hoan Kiem District, from January 25 to February 24.

 The Vietnamese attacking midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has been voted by football fans worldwide as the best player of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 Group Stage.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Van Phuong of Vietnam was ousted from the Australian Open Junior Championship yesterday in Melbourne.

 The number of liver transplants for Americans with alcohol-associated liver disease has steadily grown in recent years, prompting researchers to explore why this is and what the long-term prospects are for recipients.

 The exchange rate (FX) rate and short-term rates stop to go up while net buying foreign investment flow was reported in the last two months.

‘Then’ singing is a unique folk art practiced by Tay and Nung ethnic groups in north-eastern localities, including Lang Son province.

 Personnel is one of the important issues in preparation for the 2021-2026 term.

 Besides South Korea, Japan and the US are also promoting their new investment strategies into Vietnam.

 Vietnam supports Palestinian’s righteous fight for their inviolable rights, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam's Permanent Mission to the UN.